Bertram Directions and News

In this issue, Cammie Bertram highlights how Bertram team members build their professional expertise in understanding the educational landscape. In a guest interview, Erby Mitchell, Dean of Admission and Financial Aid at The Hotchkiss School, offers advice on how to approach the parent interview at boarding schools. We reprint the first part of Audrey Ludemann’s article, recently published in the Moffly Media Independent School Guide, that explores how boarding schools are assessing character in the admissions process. In a related guest interview, Charlotte Brownlee, Director of Admission and Enrollment, discusses character at Cate School in California. Holly McGlennon Treat and Kristen J. Naspo outline strategies for considering learning differences in the context of a boarding school search. Deena Maerowitz advises candidates on how to balance the pressures of their senior year with the deadlines of college applications. Jeremy McGeorge outlines clues for recognizing when a student’s anxiety needs specialized support. We announce a save-the-date to hear Deena Maerowitz speak in September about learning differences and the college search, and to hear author Lee Daniel Kravetz speak in October about the psychological phenomenon of infectious behaviors.... read full issue